Games released on October 13
Seven games that still hold up, from Age of Empires in 1997 to The Evil Within 2 in 2017
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Age of Empires 1997
Turned 29 this year
Ensemble Studios' real time strategy game takes one of twelve ancient civilizations from the Stone Age to the Iron Age, gathering food, wood, gold and stone to build a town and an army.
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Dead Space 2008
Turned 18 this year PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
The engineer Isaac Clarke makes his way through the mining ship USG Ishimura, overrun by Necromorphs after the discovery of an artifact called the Marker, while his own mind starts to give way.
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World of Goo 2008
Turned 18 this year Wii
A physics puzzle game in which balls of goo are stuck together into bridges and towers, so that the rest can reach the pipe at the end of each level, using as few of them as possible.
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Uncharted 2: Among Thieves 2009
Turned 17 this year PlayStation 3
Nathan Drake chases the secrets of Marco Polo in Naughty Dog's adventure, acted out by a cast in motion capture suits whose characters talk like people.
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Brütal Legend 2009
Turned 17 this year PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
A roadie played by Jack Black lands in a world made from heavy metal album covers, with an axe, a magic guitar and a hot rod, in Double Fine's mix of action adventure and strategy.
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The Evil Within 2 2017
Turned 9 this year PlayStation 4, Xbox One
A survival horror game in which the detective Sebastian Castellanos goes into Union, a simulated American town, to rescue his daughter, Lily.
